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JOHN NICHOLS 1793 - 1865

John Nichols was the first child of Charles Conrad or Conrad Nichols born about 1793 in the "96th District," likely in Lauren County, South Carolina. (See Conrad Nichols) John married a few years before the death of his father to Nancy Barton. The location is unknown. However, Lauren or Edgefield County seems to be the most probable places.
There are 35 Bartons listed as Heads of Household in the 1820 South Carolina Census. Counties include: Abbeville, Barnwell, Charleston, Greenville, Laurens, Lexington, Orangeburg, Pentleton, and Spartanburg. Twenty-one Bartons are in the 96th District. Of those only two are in Laurens County. They are James and John Barton. The last two have the highest probability of being Nancy's father. Nancy may have been born in Lauren County about 1800.
John, listed as Nickels in the 1820 Federal Census for the State of Georgia, is residing in Wilkes County with his wife. Five others are listed residing in his home, 4 male and 1 female. Only two, 1 male under 10 and 1 female under 10, could be his children. Of those two, only one is known to have been born before 1820. She was Marena Nichols.
Before the 1830 Census was taken John and his family was residents of Coweta County. There were 3 children in the home. These were Marena, William, and Elizabeth. When the 1840 Census was taken John with his family was residing Lincoln County, Georgia.
Nancy, John's first wife, died after 1840 and before 1847. The location of her death is unknown.
John was living in Lincoln County in 1847. He married December 31, 1847 to Dorcus Wall. (Lincoln County, GA. Marriage Book G-1, 1806 - 1829) Dorcas was likely a daughter of John Wall and Dorcus Mattox born about 1816 in Warren or Putnam County, Georgia. There is only 1 John Wall listed in the 1820 Federal Census for the State of Georgia. He was a resident of Putnam County living in the Capt Peter F Mahones District. Dorcus too had been married prior to 1847. She married August 01, 1830 in Lincoln County William Pead.
Before 1850 John was once again a resident of Wilkes County. He is listed in the 1850 Census in Wilkes County with Dorcus and two of their sons, Thomas and Joseph. Living nearby were 2 sons of John and Nancy. Benjamin Franklin Nichols was a resident in the home of Thomas Nichols. This Thomas is likely a brother of John but no evidence has been found to support that theory. Joel Lafayette Nichols was living in the house with Daruila Sims, a widower.
The last Census John is found in is the 1860 Wilkes County Census. In the household were Dorcus and the following children: Thomas, Sarah, Catherine, and Frances. His last child was born when he was 64. Dorcas was 43.
When or where Dorcus died is unknown but she likely survived John. He died during 1865 in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. (Descendants of Conrad Nichols, Thomas Heflin Compton)

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